The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-02-11
arrange tor another mlIIlon.

saturday, DnJ his ;lwi ward 40 empts
al tie Nsiys of Speca ators were met
wltn noNlsos d,r.sion RON wii4ch ne
escapei Ia n convenient cab.
Tue secretary OF war in Il commune
Vl.lon To congress reports TIE UNI
6sanized militia III the United States
al go 592 men. IL appears that Ar
KANSAS. OREGON, Tennessee. and Mis-
slss pp have No organ zed forces. !.
The coal fam he is spreading in New
York and Brooklyn and unless there
Is u c.lange many of tne cnalitaD @ i'll
stltllt.ons viii have to close To the
poorer classes who liiv coal in small
quantities the price il $l3 per TIN.
The o eXcitemenC 1T FIni'ay. O.,
has lei 10 large TRANSACTIONS IN land.
A tract of one hund ed acres In the
southern part OK the ciJy changed
hands at 700. and eighty acres n
the northern quarter brought S35 900.
Two shocks OF earthquake were ex
parlencel throug IOnt 'contral Illinois
and Indiana, Sunday morning. The
pc pie OF Owatcnua. M nnesptil, were
startled by thunder ana lig tning last
ing an hour, with the mercury below
zero.
The claus of Cnllom's. interstate
commerce bill prohibiting u greater
charge 10 one person tlan to another
Tor Il Ike service, and the long and
short haul provision, will, it is be
lieyed. break up enc ticket-scalphg
business.
The OHIO river at Cincinnati rose
four feet in twelve hours. Thursday
the anniversary of the great Hood OF
1883, At 8 O'Clock in the evening the
water stood three feet above the dam
ger line, having flooded the cellars IN
1.-THE BOTTOM
The Oregon legislature has passed u
bill granting to the Oregon Railway
and Navigation conlpany franchise
to bridge the Willamette at Portland.
The majority is ample to pass the
measure over the threatened veto OF
the governor.
Henry Clay Dean, a democratic polit-
ical orator, extensively known through
out the country, died Sunday at his
nome i'll Putnam county, Missouri
Mr.. Dean was at one time chaplain Of
the United States senate, and was
sixty-liye years old.
In the criminal court at New Or
leans DR.. L. j. Ford pleaded guilty TO
the charge of manslaughter i'll killing
j. G. Kirkpatrick, who had eloped
from Shreveport with the Doctors
wife. The plea excited great surprise,
and will no doubt cause active efforts
Tor pardon.
A dispatch from Victoria, British
Columbia, in announcing the building
of the Canadian Pacific shops at Yale.
states that no through mail has been
received for twelve days OH account Of
snow blockades, and that the telegraph
lines along the track have been pros
trated by storms.
Two Of the desperadQas who commit
ted the assault upon Capt. Ioehn and
Detective Hulligan have been arrested,
one at Palmyra and the other ut
o. McMumm. che rescued
is stated by "B lily" Pinler-
ton not to be the notorious Eddie
Guerln, OF Chicago.
The secretary of the interior reports
to the senate that forty-lour of the
older Apache children at Fort Marion
have been transferred to the Indian
school at Carlisle, and that sixty of the
are to be educated ut st.
Augustine by the Sisters Of Charity ut
$3.50 each per quarter.
The Canadian deputy minister Of
fisheries says that no war-yessels are
to be sent from Great Britain to the
Canadian coast, but three OF four
British ships on the North American
station have been ordered TO cruise
from Cape Sabine to the Bay Chaleur
this season, precisely as in 1870.
Testimony is being taken in New
York as to the cause of the present
strikes. The strikers contend that the
entire troubles were precepitated by
an attempted reduction of the wages
of "a
Johnson. and that it would be RENE
died by restoring Elizabethport rates.
The three Republican commissioners
Of Archuleta county, Colo, were seized
by mob, headed by the sheriff, and
driven from the coiinty, with threats
That should they return their lives
would pay the forfeit. A hotel owned
by one of the victims was burned by
the mob. The legislature will investi-
gate the matter.
The executive committee OF the Cen
trail Traffic association, at meeting
held in Cleveland, resolved to continue
the methods and statistics Of the pool
within the provisions OF the interstate
commerce law, and to place the assoc
citation in harmony with the federal
in securing the benefits
OF the new measure.
Cassius M. Clay has called the atten-
tion Of President Cleveland to the pub
Iished report that cargo Of Austria
Ian rabbits is on the way to our,
shores, and he gives warning of the
ravages to be expected. The matter
was referred to the treasury depart
ment. and will be submitted to the
OH ways and means.
Anderson Perry, formerly janitor in
y medical university at Baltimore, was
released from prison Monday, having |
been acquitted of completely in the |
murder OF Emily Brown. Several hun
bred colored persons surrounded the |
and threatened his life |
should he venture upon the street. He |
will request to be sent back to jail.
Applications have been made for
over $1,000, 900 OF stock in the proposed |
Western National bank of New York,
but the capital is limited to $3,000,000. |
MIR. Jordan, treasurer of the United |
States, states that Secretary Manning
is to be president of the institution,
and that his resignation is in the |
hands of President Cleveland. Mr.. |
Jordan is to be vice-president Of the
bank.